Harris Lines in the Non-adult Great-Moravian Population of Mikulčice (Czech Republic)

0347548 - ARÚ 2011 RIV CZ eng J - Journal Article
Havelková, P. - Velemínský, P. - Dobisíková, M. - Likovský, Jakub
Harris Lines in the Non-adult Great-Moravian Population of Mikulčice (Czech Republic).
Acta Universitatis Carolinae. Medica. Roč. 56, č. 6 (2009), s. 103-109. ISSN 0567-8250
R&D Projects: GA ČR GA206/07/0699; GA ČR GA206/03/0725
Institutional research plan: CEZ:AV0Z80020508
Keywords : Early Medieval period * Great Moravian population * non-adult population * Harris lines * limb long bones
Subject RIV: AC - Archeology, Anthropology, Ethnology

The aim of our research was to study of the Harris line's formation in the non-adult population of the Great-Moravian settlement agglomeration at Mikulčice-Valy. We focused only on the non-adult population because it is impossible to rule out the possibility of re-modelling of these lines in adults. We recorded the incidence of these markers using X-rays of the long bones of the upper (Hu) and lower (Fe, Ti) extremities. We evaluated a total of 132 individuals. After determining the incidence of these markers on individual bones, we observed the difference in the incidence of markers among individual bones, as well as differences in the distribution of lines in the proximal and distal parts of the bone under study. We also studied the intensity of line formation, which, together with the density of the lines themselves, could indicate the degree of intensity and duration of the stress. Finally, we evaluated, the period in the child's life when bone growth was most frequently disrupted.
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